Winnebago County Deputy District Attorney Scott Ceman said he thought the presentation of the state's case went well.

“For a prosecutor, getting your evidence before the jury is always your first and foremost concern," Ceman told USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin. "I think we got everything in that we needed to get in.”

The trial will resume Thursday morning when Flatoff, who is representing himself, calls his first witness.

Flatoff, 48, is accused of taking hostages at gunpoint and shooting at police officers during a Dec. 5, 2015, standoff at Eagle Nation Cycles in Neenah. The incident led to the police shooting death of hostage Michael L. Funk after he escaped from the building armed with a handgun.

Earlier Wednesday, jurors were taken back in time to the morning of the shooting.

They saw interior surveillance video of Flatoff entering the motorcycle shop armed with a handgun, taking hostages and engaging in a gunfight with police after they stormed the building in attempt to rescue the hostages.

The video had no audio, but it was supplemented with testimony from two surviving hostages, Michael Petersen and Ryan Moderson.

With Flatoff acting as his own attorney, the trial has had some interesting exchanges between him and witnesses.

Under cross-examination, Flatoff asked Moderson if he recalled hearing him scream out a five-minute countdown for Dalton to arrive at Eagle Nation Cycles or he would starting shooting the hostages. Police said the urgency of the threat was a reason for storming the building.

"Did you ever hear me screaming that I'm going to kill Dalton and his wife and kids?"

"Not his wife and kids, no. And you weren't screaming," Moderson said.

Petersen testified that in the gunfight between Flatoff and police, Flatoff was the first to shoot. After police retreated, Funk ran out a back door while under gunfire from Flatoff and was shot and killed without warning by Neenah police officers Craig Hoffer and Robert Ross.

The Wisconsin Department of Justice determined that Hoffer and Ross mistakenly, but reasonably, thought Funk was the armed hostage-taker and an imminent threat and therefore weren't criminally responsible for killing him.

During the first three days of the trial, Flatoff has alleged that police lied and destroyed evidence in the case.

He showed the jury a security video seized by police from inside Eagle Nation Cycles. The video appears to skip 1½ hours, from about 4 p.m. to 5:30 p.m., on the day of the shooting. Police had control of the crime scene at that time.

Ceman said he didn't have an explanation for the skip.

"It's seven or eight hours after it captured the entry, him shooting at the police, him shooting at Michael Funk as he made his escape," Ceman said outside the courtroom. "The crime was completed."

Flatoff faces 14 felony charges, including felony murder for allegedly causing Funk's death while committing a crime. He pleaded not guilty and not guilty by reason of mental disease or defect to all of the charges.

Day 2 recap

Lt. Jonathan Kuffel said "all hell broke loose" when Neenah police tried to storm Eagle Nation Cycles to resolve the hostage standoff. Police came under gunfire, and Kuffel returned fire to allow officers to retreat.

Kuffel and Lt. Shaun O'Bre said they thought police were ambushed.

Officer Robert Ross, who, along with officer Craig Hoffer, shot and killed Funk, testified that he saw Funk with a gun in his hand when he exited Eagle Nation Cycles. He deemed him an imminent threat and opened fire.

Flatoff at times seemed unprepared to cross-examine witnesses. Judge John Jorgensen frequently directed Flatoff to stay focused on the relevant events.

Day 1 recap

Prosecutor Scott Ceman said defendant Brian T. Flatoff went to Eagle Nation Cycles armed with a handgun and daggers to kill Vance Dalton in a dispute over a motorcycle.

Dalton testified he bought the motorcycle from Flatoff for $4,500. He said Flatoff threatened to kill him and his family if Flatoff didn't get the motorcycle back.

Flatoff said Ceman's version of the events was "a fantasy" and that he would expose lies and the destruction of evidence by police.

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Eva Lawson Krtanski gives testimony in the mental competency phase of the trial of Brian T. Flatoff in Winnebago County Court on Monday, March 12, 2018, in Oshkosh, Wis. He was convicted of 14 felony charges, including felony murder for causing the death of Michael L. Funk while committing a crime in 2015. Wm. Glasheen/USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin

Testimony in the mental competency phase of the trial of Brian T. Flatoff in Winnebago County Court on Monday, March 12, 2018, in Oshkosh, Wis. He was convicted of 14 felony charges, including felony murder for causing the death of Michael L. Funk while committing a crime in 2015. Wm. Glasheen/USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin

Testimony in the mental competency phase of the trial of Brian T. Flatoff in Winnebago County Court on Monday, March 12, 2018, in Oshkosh, Wis. He was convicted of 14 felony charges, including felony murder for causing the death of Michael L. Funk while committing a crime in 2015. Wm. Glasheen/USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin

Deputy District Attorney Scott Ceman gives an openiong statement in the mental competency phase of the trial of Brian T. Flatoff in Winnebago County Court on Monday, March 12, 2018, in Oshkosh, Wis. He was convicted of 14 felony charges, including felony murder for causing the death of Michael L. Funk while committing a crime in 2015. Wm. Glasheen/USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin

Nathan Glassman, Ph.D. is sworn in during the mental competency phase of the trial of Brian T. Flatoff in Winnebago County Court on Monday, March 12, 2018, in Oshkosh, Wis. He was convicted of 14 felony charges, including felony murder for causing the death of Michael L. Funk while committing a crime in 2015. Wm. Glasheen/USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin

Eva Lawson Krtanski gives testimony in the mental competency phase of the trial of Brian T. Flatoff in Winnebago County Court on Monday, March 12, 2018, in Oshkosh, Wis. He was convicted of 14 felony charges, including felony murder for causing the death of Michael L. Funk while committing a crime in 2015. Wm. Glasheen/USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin

Public defender Ben Szilagyi listens to testimony in the mental competency phase of the trial of Brian T. Flatoff in Winnebago County Court on Monday, March 12, 2018, in Oshkosh, Wis. He was convicted of 14 felony charges, including felony murder for causing the death of Michael L. Funk while committing a crime in 2015. Wm. Glasheen/USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin

Nathan Glassman, Ph.D. gives testimoney during the mental competency phase of the trial of Brian T. Flatoff in Winnebago County Court on Monday, March 12, 2018, in Oshkosh, Wis. He was convicted 14 felony charges, including felony murder for causing the death of Michael L. Funk while committing a crime in 2015. Wm. Glasheen/USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin